Are trophodynamic models worth their salt? Top-down and bottom-up effects along a salinity gradient

Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1730-1736

  Stiling, Peter ^a   Moon, Daniel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspondylia borrichiae; Borrichia frutescens; Bottom up effects; Environmental stress gradient; Gall maker; Pissonotus quadripustulatus; Salt marshes; Sap sucker; Top down effects; Trophic dynamics models

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; HERBIVORE; SALINITY; SALTMARSH; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

BORRICHIA FRUTESCENS; PISSONOTUS QUADRIPUSTULATUS;

EID: 21744448081     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/04-1384     Document Type: Article

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